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It's definitely one of the most identifiable constellations and has several bright stars in the sky: Betelgeuse, Rigel (one of the brightest from Earth) and Bel
by cgriswald 7y ago
It's definitely one of the most identifiable constellations and has several bright stars in the sky: Betelgeuse, Rigel (one of the brightest from Earth) and Bellatrix. The Orion nebula is resolvable with binoculars and easily captured in a DSLR (although it'll be blurry if you don't have tracking).
A newer favorite of mine is Scorpius (visible now at my latitude ~fivein the morning when I walk my dogs); mostly because of Antares, one of the visibly reddest stars in the sky. (And for similar reason, I'm a fan of Aldebaran/Taurus.)